National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship
# National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship

The National Collegiate Open Wrestling Championship is a collegiate wrestling event that serves as a post season championship for NCAA Division-I athletes that are not wrestling in their conference championship. The event is traditionally known for the redshirting wrestlers entered but often includes accomplished and seasoned wrestlers that were unable to make their program's starting line-up.

## Expansion into Divisions

Starting with the 2013 Championship in Richmond, Virginia, the National Collegiate Open will split NCAA Division-I athletes from the rest of the field. The Division-I division is called the University Division while the College Division will serve the athletes from the other NCAA divisions, as well as NAIA, USCAA, and NJCAA.

## Criticisms

Though the National Collegiate Open is attended by the majority of the NCAA Division-I wrestling programs, the event has been criticised for having a field that has too many athletes from the east coast, absent of some of the strongest college wrestling programs. The 2011 season brought more legitimacy when the University of Missouri and the University of Oklahoma attended for the first time but the claim has been made, by some in the wrestling community, that the event will not be a true national event until the three most storied programs (University of Iowa, Oklahoma State University, and University of Minnesota) decide to attend. Note: University of Minnesota attended the 2012 event.

## Most NCO Champions at single Championship

| Team | Year | Champions |
| - | - | - |
| Rutgers University | 2011 | 3 |
| University of Minnesota | 2012 | 3 |
| Cornell University | 2012 | 2 |
| Kent State University | 2009 | 2 |
| University of Minnesota | 2012 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 2010 | 2 |
| Virginia Tech | 2012 | 2 |

## Most NCO All-Americans at single Championship

| Team | Year | All-Americans |
| - | - | - |
| Kent State University | 2009 | 8 |
| Lehigh University | 2010 | 7 |
| Rutgers University | 2011 | 7 |
| Old Dominion University | 2012 | 7 |
| Central Michigan University | 2010 | 6 |
| Indiana University | 2009 | 6 |
| Purdue University | 2012 | 6 |
| University of Maryland | 2010 | 6 |

## All-Time NCO Individual Championships by School

| Team | Champions |
| - | - |
| University of Minnesota | 3 |
| Kent State University | 2 |
| Rutgers University | 3 |
| Cornell University | 3 |
| Indiana University | 1 |
| University of Maryland | 1 |
| Cal Poly | 1 |
| American University | 1 |
| Hofstra University | 1 |
| United States Naval Academy | 1 |
| West Virginia University | 2 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 4 |
| Lehigh University | 2 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 |
| Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| University of Virginia | 1 |
| Ohio State University | 1 |
| Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Eastern Michigan University | 1 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| University of Michigan | 1 |
| Michigan State University | 1 |
